Omaha-based Farm Credit Services of America (FCSAmerica) reports farmland values in the four states it serves held mostly steady in the first half of the year.

Those benchmark values saw a slight increase in Iowa and

Wyoming and a slight decline in Nebraska. South Dakota saw a larger, but still

modest drop of two percent.

Farm Credit officials say stable demand for farm ground and

low interest rates helped to support prices amid the broader economic disruption

of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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